Pharmaceutical intervention in the prevention of adverse events as a quality indicator of hospital assistance
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https://doi.org/10.47456/rbps.v22i3.21496Keywords:
Rational Drug Utilization, Quality Indicators, Pharmaceutical ServiceAbstract
Introduction: Clinical Pharmacy is part of the pharmaceutical care, and covers all areas of health care and it was within the hospital scope that the Pharmacy Clinic began, among the various activities performed by the clinical pharmacist, the pharmaceutical intervention is the main one. Objective: To analyze the interventions performed by clinical pharmacists during the medical prescriptions’ review in the surgical clinics, from a SUS Hospital in the city of Sobral, Ceará, in the year 2016. Methods: A retrospective, observational, exploratory and documentary study was performed through reports issued annually by this service in a database of data on the activities of the Clinical Pharmacy. Results: There were identified 1512 problems related to the drug being those of greater incidence those related to the necessity parameter. The number of interventions performed (1512) was equal to the quantity of problems related with the encountered drug, but only 464 (34%) had acceptance, 1048 (66%) were not accepted, being a majority for reasons not justified. The most taken measure in relation to the interventions accepted was the alteration in the prescription, with doctors being the most sought after by the clinical pharmacist. Conclusion: The pharmaceutical interventions allowed to identify several problems related to the drug, thus avoiding adverse events, because when accepted by the professionals contacted, corrective measures were taken, providing therapeutic success.
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